Bowden Bowl

Bowden Bowl I - October 23, 1999: The first-ever meeting of father and son head coaches in college football history as Clemson takes on top-ranked Florida State in Death Valley, losing 14-17, to the eventual national champion Seminoles. This nationally-televised game sets a stadium capacity record of 86,092.

Bowden Bowl II - November 4, 2000: Second meeting between dad and son in football lore. The Tigers are crushed in Tallahassee, 7-54, by the fifth-ranked Seminoles.

Bowden Bowl III - November 3, 2001: Clemson loses third straight in the only father-son head football coach match-up in college football history. Fourth largest Death Valley crowd (85,036) watches Tigers go down, 27-41, to the fifteenth-ranked Seminoles.

Bowden Bowl IV - October 3, 2002: Son Tommy again loses to dad Bobby as the Tigers go down in Tallahassee, 31-48.

Bowden Bowl VIII - September 16, 2006: The unranked Tigers face the ninth-ranked Seminoles in Doak Campbell Stadium. The Tigers prevail in the fourth quarter, 27-20, after being tied 20-20 in the late stages of the game. This is Clemson's first win in Tallahassee since 1989.

Bowden Bowl IX - September 3, 2007: In the first Monday night game since 1982 when the Tigers opened with Georgia in a nationally televised game on ABC, Clemson hosts nineteenth-ranked Florida State in Death Valley at 8 p.m., televised by ESPN, winning 24-18. This was the last Bowden Bowl as Tommy Bowden was fired on October 13, 2008 after only achieving a 3-3 season record in 2008.